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Bewilderment vs Perplexity - What's the difference?

bewilderment | perplexity | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between bewilderment and perplexity

is that bewilderment is the state of being bewildered while perplexity is the state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused.

bewilderment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state of being bewildered.
  • A confusing or perplexing situation.

    • perplexity

    English

    Noun

    (perplexities)
  • The state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused.
  • Something that perplexes.
  • * 1942 , Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006), page 149:
    • The Emperor, who was by then a focus of unresolvable perplexities , stood providing a strongly contrary appearance.
  • A measurement in information theory: see (Perplexity).